Improvement in folding tables



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN N. VALLEY, OF NEW YORK, N.

IMPROVEMENT IN FOLDING TABLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 155,999, dated October13, 1874; application filed May 14, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN N. VALLEY, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Folding Tables,Beds, 850.; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, in whichFigure 1 is a perspective view with portion of table broken away, andFig. 2 a plan view of under side of table.

The invention relates to that class of tables which for convenience andportability are intended to fold up when not in use and be laid away ina small space, and is a new and improved arrangement which may equallyas well be applied to a table, bed, bench, lap-board, stand, or anyother similar article of furniture. It consists in a folding bracefastened with strap-hinges to the under side of a table, and havingclevis-shaped pieces at each end, in combination with cleats attached tothe folding legs, for the purpose of locking the same in a rigidvertical position.

In the drawing, A represents the table, having attached to its underside the transverse pieces B and the longitudinal piece 0. D are thesets of legs, and are attached to the pieces B by the hinges a, whichconsist of straps of metal, 6, attached to the legs and passing around apintle, d, mortised in the boards B, said hinges forming a much moredurable, noiseless, and even connection between the table and itsframe-Work than the ordinary hinge. E is a folding brace or leaf,attached to board 0 by similar straps. To the ends of this brace areattached clevis-shaped fastenings b, which, with the cleats 0 attachedto the legs, form locks that hold the legs firmly in an uprightposition.

When the table is not in use, all that is necessary is to fold first thebrace E and then the legs, thus reducing the space occupied by the tableto a very small compass, and enhancing its value as an article ofconvenience and utility.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is The combination,with the folding brace E and clevis-shaped pieces" b, of the cleats a,forming a locking brace, for the purpose of holding the legs in a rigidvertical position, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

JOHN N. VALLEY.

Witnesses:

SoLoN G. KEMON, EDWARD V. BENTON.

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